The longest of Dartmoor's rivers (46 miles
in length) the River Dart rises as two tributaries on the high moors of
the northern plateau of Dartmoor. The East Dart source is near Cranmere
Pool near Hangingstone Hill, whilst the West Dart rises close to Cut Hill
and Fur Tor. The sources are only approximately 2.3 miles apart but the
two rivers do not meet until over 11 miles further down their courses
at Dartmeet. There the rivers combine into the Double Dart which flows
through the Dart Gorge, leaves Dartmoor behind, becomes the River Dart
and heads towards Buckfast Abbey. From them it passes through the towns
of Buckfastleigh, Dartington and Totnes before finally entering the English
Channel between the town of Dartmouth and the village of Kingswear.